<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thingimubob @ Aug 18 2009, 07:07 PM)
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (St Helens RLFC @ Aug 17 2009, 11:36 PM)
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Did Leicester do things like this?[/b]
Funny that you ask...
In the Blues v Leicester HC semi final this year, Dan Hipkiss had a genuine cut sometime after half time ( I think), was treated and came back on, but near the end of the 2nd period of extra time his cut convieniantly re-opened to allow specialist goalkicker Julien Dupuy to come back on the field. The reason it was convieniant was that a penalty shoot-out was looking very likely, and Toby Flood had been injured and Dupuy subbed for Harry Ellis earlier in the match, so Leicester had no goalkickers on the pitch.
I think nobody's kicked off about it (apart from me
) because there was no wink, and Hipkiss had been bleeding earlier. But I really can't see it to be a coincident that Hibkiss started bleeding again at the time they needed Dupuy back on, so I'm a bit annoyed that nobody's even looked into this <_< . Not saying that it would have changed the outcome of the shoot-out, but if Quins are having the book thrown at them, why aren't Leicester?
Have Quins been banned from the HEC then? If they are banned, would that mean they're entered into the Challenge Cup, or would it be from both?
And best fullback, you are joking right? That's just crazy...
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I thought that was a very convenient re-injury too and I'm cynical enough to believe it probably wasn't coincidental.
On one hand, I'm thoroughly disgusted by Richards' actions; however, having said that, I'm glad that he's been so candid about the whole thing. It might help any appeal he makes but hopefully he came clean because it was the right thing to do. That sort of thing has no place in the field of rugby, imo.
